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Sandwich the spinning dowel between TWO hand held sanding blocks on either side to the side force on the dowel is balanced, and you won't break the wood.
I used a lathe with a collet system. With calipers to measre the diameters, I turn reference lands the taper with micro (EZ Tools) gouges to taper. Follow with careful sanding while still on the lathe.
